Salat for Hajaat (3)

The trustworthy Shaykh al-Kulayni, may Allah have mercy upon him, reports in his book of al-Kafi that `Abd al-Rahim al-Qasir said: I once visited Imam al-Sadiq (`a) and said, “May Allah accept me as ransom for you! I have invented a formula of supplicatory prayer.” — The Imam (`a) answered, “Save me from your inventions! Whenever a disaster befalls you, you should have recourse to the Messenger of Allah and offer a two-unit prayer and dedicate it to him, peace be upon him and his Household.” “How can I do that?” I asked.The Imam (`a) answered, “You should bathe yourself and offer a two-unit prayer, beginning it with the prefatory part of obligatory prayers and say the tashahhud statement of obligatory prayers. When you finish saying the tashahhud and taslim statements, you should say the following: — O Allah, You are the (source of) peace;

وَمِنْكَ ٱلسَّلاَمُ

wa minka alssalamu

from You does peace come;

وَإِلَيْكَ يَرْجِعُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ

wa ilayka yarji`u alssalamu

and to You does peace return.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَبَلِّغْ رُوحَ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنِّي ٱلسَّلاَمَ

wa balligh ruha muhammadin minni alssalama

convey my greetings to the soul of Muhammad

وَأَرْوَاحَ ٱلأَئِمَّةِ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ سَلاَمِي

wa arwaha al-a'immati alssadiqina salami

and the souls of the veracious Imams,

وَٱرْدُدْ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُمُ ٱلسَّلاَمَ

wardud `alayya minhum alssalama

and convey to me their response of my greetings.

وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّه وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

walssalamu `alayhim wa rahmatu allah wa barakatuhu

Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon them.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ ٱلرَّكْعَتَيْنِ

allahumma inna hatayni alrrak`atayni

O Allah, these two units of prayer

هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَىٰ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ

hadiyyatun minni ila rasuli allah

are present from me to Allah’s Messenger,

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi

peace and greetings of Allah be upon him and his Household.

فَأَثِبْنِي عَلَيْهِمَا مَا أَمَّلْتُ

fa'athibni `alayhima ma ammaltu

S0, (please) decide Your reward to be that You grant me what I have hoped

وَرَجَوْتُ فِيكَ وَفِي رَسُولِكَ

wa rajawtu fika wa fi rasulika

and expected from You and Your Messenger.

يَا وَلِيَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

ya waliyya almu'minina

O Guardian of the believers.

You may then prostrate and repeat the following forty times:

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ

ya hayyu ya qayyumu

O Ever-living! O Self-Subsisting!

يَا حَيّاً لاَ يَمُوتُ

ya hayyan la yamutu

O Ever-living One Who never dies!

يَا حَيّاً لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

ya hayyan la ilaha illa anta

O Ever-living One; there is no god save You!

يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ

ya dha aljalali wal-ikrami

O Lord of majesty and honoring!

يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama alrrahimina

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

You may then put your right cheek on the ground and repeat the aforesaid supplication forty times. You may then put your left cheek on the ground and repeat the supplication more forty times.You may then raise your head from prostration, extend your hands (towards the sky) and repeat the supplication forty times. You may then pull your hands to your neck, point out with your forefinger, and repeat the supplication forty times. You may then hold your beard with your left hand and weep, or try to weep, and say the following:

يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ

ya muhammadu ya rasula allahi

O Muhammad! O Allah’s Messenger!

أَشْكُو إِلَىٰ اللَّه وَإِلَيْكَ حَاجَتِي

ashku ila allah wa ilayka hajati

I complain to Allah and to you about my need

وَإِلَىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ ٱلرَّاشِدِينَ حَاجَتِي

wa ila ahli baytika alrrashidina hajati

and I complain to your Household, the rightly guided, about my need,

وَبِكُمْ أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ فِي حَاجَتِي

wa bikum atawajjahu ila allahi fi hajati

and through you all I turn my face towards Allah to grant me my need.

You should then prostrate and repeat the following word as much as one breath can take:

يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ

ya allahu ya allahu

O Allah! O Allah!

You may then say the following:

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ…

salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin…

Please, send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and...

You may now mention your need. If you do so, Imam al-Sadiq (`a) added, I guarantee that Allah the Almighty and Majestic will settle your need before you leave your place.” — 6.In al-Balad al-Amin, al-Kaf`ami states: For urgent needs, the following words may be written on a sheet of paper and then thrown in (current) water:

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismi allahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

In the Name of Allah; the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

مِنَ ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلذَّلِيلِ

min al`abdi aldhdhalili

From the submissive servant

إِلَىٰ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ ٱلْجَلِيلِ

ila almawla aljalili

to the All-majestic Lord.

رَبِّ إِنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ

rabbi inni massaniya alddurru

O Lord: Harm has afflicted me,

وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

wa anta arhamu alrrahimina

and You are the most Merciful of the merciful.

بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

bihaqqi muhammadin wa alihi

In the name of Muhammad and his Household,

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

(please) bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَٱكْشِفْ هَمِّي وَفَرِّجْ عَنِّي غَمِّي

wakshif hammi wafarrij `anni ghammi

take off my distress and relieve me from my grief,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

birahmatika ya arhama alrrahimina

out of Your mercy, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy.